S Prasannarajan
Reading his memoir 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows at a time when China's new helmsman threatens the world
The personal and political journey of a Muslim woman through India’s freedom struggle and beyond
Indo-Roman ocean trade told through the stories of patricians and plebeians
Writing book reviews and living entirely by literature gave Chandrahas Choudhury the time and space, the models and the means to become a novelist
An intimate history of women searching for a more equal and dignified life
Anees Salim’s multi-narrator novel tells of children discovering their lineage
He migrated to Oman, struggled as an undocumented worker for twenty-two years and returned to a family that did not want him
Slow and steady change, with reasonable consensus, is more durable